Light-bulb protector.



Ha www. LIGHT BULB PROTEC'YOR.

APPLICATION FILE!)4 GCT. 3. 19181 'LQ Patented Jan. 7,1919.:

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Application filed October 3, 1918.

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it. known that I, HENRY Il. BAILEY, citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, inthe county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lightfldulb Prorector-s. of which the following is a. specifica.- tion.

This invention relates to improvementsin light `bulb protectors and has for its pr1ncipal object to provide a protector ci this nature which will permit of an ordinarT light bulb being handled fairly rongrhlv withoutdanger of breakingr the bulb. Such. lights are largely used in shops and arenpt only in-danger of living pieces of metal or other material but in the large overhead lights such as used in Shipyards and the like the bulbs are liable to realrage due to the rapid changing of these lights fromplace to place.

My invention will be more fully described in the following specification, shown in the accompanying drawings and finally pointed out. in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a side eleva.- tion of my improved light bulb protector showing a bulb supported in position therein. Fig. :2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the same showing a form of clamp.

Referring now more particularly 'to the drawings numeral 1 indicates wires which forni a kind of basket, the lowerI ends of each. of these Wires `are hooked. upon a ring :2 and the upper ends are secured to a cross member 3 which is circular in plan. Il indicat-es a strap Amember bent into the forni as shown and which is secured to the cross member 3 by screws 5. 6 indicates the usual light Wire and 7 the socket. 8 indicates the usual light bulb. Riveted at 9 to the strap Ll may be a supplemental strap 10 through which passes the lower end of a clamp 11 which has a binding screw 12. 13 indicatesV coil springs one ofthe ends of each of which is fastened to the light socket 7 and each of their other ends are fastened at 14 to the strap 4. 15 represents similar springs whose lower ends are fastened at 16 to a ring 17 which tits around the bulb, the opposite ends of the springs 15 are fastened at i8 to the Specification of Letters Patent.

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cross member 3. There may be any suitable number of springs 13 and l5 but I have found that four ot' each is suiic-ient.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided an elii'cient protectionfor an ordinar-3v light bulb so that the bulb ma)Y be handled roughl;v without dangerof breakage. due to the. protection ofl the basket formed by the wires 1 and the strap l. The bulb 8, in a sense, floats within the basket and is cushioned in every direction. The bulb works freely` within the ring 1T and yields in all directions.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of nl v invention, I am. aware that many minor changes therein will readily suggest themselves to others skilled in the art without departing from the lspirit and scope of my invention, and I, therefore. desire to avoid being limited to the exact forni shown and described.

Having described my invention, what. I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. In an article of the class described the combination of a rigid hollow member adapted to contain an ordinary electric light bulb. means eiigatgimcf4 the top and bottom portions of a lamp for holding the latter within the said member in a full floating relation thereto.

2. In an article of the class described the combination of a plurality of wires formed into a container including a bottom ring and means for fastening the lower ends of the wires thereto. a cross pieceand means for fastening the upper ends of the wires thereto. a. strap member attached to the said cross piece and means for Lvieldingly clamping' the said cross piece to a beamA or the like', a plurality of upper coil springs which positions' the light socket in a floating` rela tion within the said container; a pluralit)v of lower coil springs and means for connect ing the same to the light bulb proper so as to render the bulb in full floating relation to the said container, the last mentioned means including a ring which receives the bulb in vielding relation thereto.

3. A. lamp holder of the class described comprising a housing, upper springs having their lower ends connected to the housbulb of a lampE where the lamp will be susing, means connecting the upper ends of said pended by said springs.

springs and forming an abutment for the In testimony whereof I nx my signature upper end of a lamp, lower springs connectin the prese-nce of a. witness.

ed at their upper end 'to the interior of HENRY H B AILEY the housing, and an open support connecting the lower ends of the lower springs and- Witness:

adapted to receive the lower portion of a MARGUERITE LEYDA. 

